Incorporating Family in Meal Support For Eating Disorder Treatment

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Family working on a meal plan at breakfast Contributor: Stephanie Ceranec, Med, LCPC, Eating Disorder Program Coordinator, Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. When it comes to eating disorder recovery, learning how to normalize eating behaviors is essential to healing and reestablishing a relationship with food. For someone who is regularly engaging in eating disorder behaviors, like restricting at meals, purging after eating, or [...]
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Impact of Fat-Shaming and Fat Talk in Social Media

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Body shaming on social media Thanks to the rampant access to technology and widespread use of social media, talk of food, dieting, and exercise has proliferated.  Popular social media sites, such as twitter, facebook, and instagram have become hot spots for various diet fads, as “hashtags” can allow for quick access to any sort of diet or exercise regime that [...]
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Mother’s Day Makeover: Boosting Body Image For Ourselves and Future Generations

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Mother daughter looking at the water Contributor: Irene Rovira, Ph.D., clinical psychologist at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt Most of us appreciate all the mother figures and mom-types in our lives including aunts, sisters, mentors and best friends for the love they give or how they make us feel. We do not value them based on their weight [...]
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How Do I Know if Animal Therapy is Right For Me?

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Girl enjoying Animal Therapy Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that uses animals to enhance an individual’s physical, emotional, and social well-being, and therefore improves a person’s self-esteem, anxiety symptoms, and helps facilitate healing [2]. AAT dates back to the 1940’s when an army corporal brought his Yorkshire Terrier to a hospital to cheer wounded soldiers. [...]
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Life Coach Or Therapist: Which Is Right For Me?

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Woman considering life coach Life coaching is relationship between the coach and client which helps the individual reach their fullest potential. Many successful athletes, coaches, business leaders, professionals, and CEO’s use life coaches to help take their career to the next level [4]. Therapists on the other hand, are licensed professionals who help clients explore emotional, behavioral, and mental [...]
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